All the work Fax and the Bod have done over the years is now starting to remind me of Dimitri the Greek boat builder, he built many boats for the good of the people in his local town but did they call him Dimitri the Boat Builder?
No, but shag one lousy sheep...........

Absolutely superb, best of the year, when Dimitri had finished with the sheep did he go.
Mmmmmmm.

I wish I could share a photograph of two of our five grandchildren aged 8 and 10 in their new Fax shirts yesterday morning, xboxes, a new computer, but the smile on thir faces when they both put on their new shirts.
Priceless.

Ask them about dual reg, and they will just want to see a successful Fax side,
Hey, they won't understand Dual Reg, but they love Fax, perhaps some people older than them need to grow up.
Oxo, and Turkey sandwiches,
Mmmmmmm.

I think it's time for the dramatic future-telling whingers to simply step away from the club and stop attending games. The constant bleating on here is a real drag.

You should be careful what you wish for.
It wont take many from the 1500 fans you have to walk away and leave the club in trouble

Totally agree and everybody should respect an individual's choices.

In the Fax SL era when we became the Bluesox I did my uni dissertation on branding in a services industry and used the club as my reference example. When I surveyed fans i was shocked by the number who would no longer associate with the club due to such a crappy name. Sport is such an emotive subject and clubs often overlook the implications of changes which alter an individual's perception of what the club means to them. Our attendances fell during the SL era, even when we finished third we only averaged around $5k so there was an obvious impact. Yes change is inevitable, but consideration of any negative impact on fans and effective management is something clubs really do not handle well, preferring to focus only on the 'dream'. It's only when things don't work out as planned that they look at the 'what ifs', by which time it's too late to recover the disenfranchised multitudes.

Anyway, not wishing to start another argument, just my point of view.

My personal compromise for the limited time that I will be back in Halifax is that I will attend games. However, only games where there are NO HKR players involved. Take that as you wish, but the emotion to me is strong enough not to support the DR link up in the only way I can without abandoning the club I have followed for so long.

"Embrace it or don't bother turning up."

Steady on there old boy, I'm sure if the club are looking for a new ambassador you'd fit the criteria with such arrogance JD, and if those are the rules of engagement, it's see you laters from me...


"As I have said before there will be more at our final game 2015 as there were at the shambolic end of 2014."

Set your goals high eh ? That shouldn't be difficult to achieve i imagine, but when do you class as the end of the season ? I'm thinking those clubs that don't make the "middle 8", effectively finish July in the top 4 are gonna be feeling some pain after the split of divisions.
The only thing "shambolic" about the end of 2014 was the players, coaching & results. Some/many of those players remain at the club, maybe the end of this season is too early to make judgements on Marshall & Billy i think. I reckon there might be more of them leaving if they under-perform for their new gaffer 'cos unfortunately he's inherited the main part of the squad as i understand things. So, in my humbled opinion it isn't quite time as you quote "Time to move on." not just yet.

The truth is, concerning team selection it will be decided by RM and no he's not lying, there's no need to have to wait and be wise after the event on that one, the rest will take care of itself and last as long as it has any usefulness to both clubs.

I will carry on because it's a done deal and I don't worry about what you think concerning the decisions the club takes because I know you support Eagles and not Fax.

As regards being good for Eagles it didn't work out that way last season I seem to remember, this year it could be completely different.

Not intended to be arrogant not in my nature as you well know.
Just my opinion.
Most posters do not agree with dual reg, I for one have never said I am against, I will just be "blindly" led by people who know more about the financial side of our club.
I do think it's time to move on, it's been decided, it won't be reversed by a few petulant people taking their bat home.
Last year we had people saying they wouldn't go again until Karl was gone. Many of those wanted Karl whilst Matt was still with us.
How does staying away help the clubs finance? It just makes it harder for the board.
Pull together, give it a go, see what happens.
Many years ago when I worked for a bank on decimalisation day one old bird told me "it won't last you know"

We are up to 20 pages on this topic now and to be honest we could go on forever. End of the day we live in a democratic country, this is an open forum, and people have different view points. You can't please everybody all of the time and people react to matters, that are important to them, in different ways. If withdrawing your suppport is your way of reacting then that is your perogative. It's a hugely disappointing approach but is your choice, as it is the BOD, as custodians of the club, to run with the DR with HKR-whether we agree with it or not. I sincerely hope that over time Fax will be successful and all supporters will re-unite and get those good times back that we all crave for. Keep smiling.

I've never said on this thread that anyone was lying. I leave that to others. Nevertheless, one can only say what one [ithinks[/i the future may bring. It's not certain and one may be wrong.



Fine. Not sure why you mentioned that. Of course this year could be completely different. A lot can happen in the next nine months. Again, not sure what point you're making.

Dual reg isn't really just about Fax, is it ? Bearing in mind that only one Championship club isn't involved in it.

It's about how the game is damaged by short term decisions.